preferred stock

NOUN

stock which takes dividend before others

Synonyms

WEAK

convertible preferred stock cumulative convertible preferred stock cumulative preferred stock participating preferred stock preference stock

Example Sentences

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And Stretch, its biggest and most-popular preferred stock, hit a record low, trading 25% below its par value of $100.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

The company said among the reasons to sell bitcoin would be to fund its U.S. dollar reserves, which it introduced in December, and to fund preferred stock dividends and interest expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026

Servicing the dividends on its preferred stock and interest expense on its convertible debt has become a critical challenge for Strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Treasuries now yield 4% to almost 5%; investment-grade corporate bonds, 5% to 6%; mortgage securities, 5.5%; junk bonds, 7% or more; preferred stock, 6%; and municipal bonds, 2% to 4%.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Treasury didn’t ask for a piece of the action, or management changes, or for that matter anything at all except for a teaspoon of out-of-the-money warrants and preferred stock.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis